Dapaanz is pleased to offer drop-in dapaanz Communities online hui for Rainbow members and Rainbow members and allies, the first Friday of each month, March to June 2024. 

These one-hour lunchtime hui build on feedback from our two dapaanz Communities rainbow hui and our 2023 member survey. They are an informal opportunity for kōrero, practice-sharing and learning. 

This is hui is for Rainbow members and Allies.

Each session will offer time for discussion around a specific topic or theme, as well as time for participants to bring their own pātai or suggestions.

While we ask you to register for the first session you would like to attend, the link will work for subsequent sessions. 

Depending on participation and feedback from participants, we hope to continue the dapaanz Communities - rainbow programme with these or other options for connection and practice-sharing in the second half of the year too.  

What are dapaanz Communities?

In our 2021 Member Survey, members requested more opportunities to build connections with others working in similar areas of the sector, to facilitate the sharing of learning, experiences, and challenges. Dapaanz Communities has been created from this feedback - a forum for members to come together to share with, and learn from, each other. 

Participation in a dapaanz Communities session will earn you five CPD points. 

How do the sessions run?

Dapaanz Communities sessions are run on Zoom. There is a facilitator for each session, who will help to guide the discussion. 

Jenny Wolf will join us as facilitator for these hui. 

Jenny began her career as a mental health social worker. Jenny has since worked in a variety of roles, including Regional Manager CADS Auckland, Senior Advisor Addiction Treatment at the Ministry of Health, and General Manager Bay of Plenty Mental Health & Addiction Services. Jenny is a founding member and Co-Chair of the LGBTQ+ Leadership Collaborative, in partnership with the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL). In her consultant role, Jenny is shortly to do some mahi in the Rainbow elder voices space. 

Please note that numbers for this session will be capped to ensure that everyone present has a chance to participate, and the session will not be recorded, to allow for openness of discussion. 

How do I sign up?

Participation in dapaanz Communities is free-of-charge for members. Please register using the Event Calendar.

These events have proved to be very popular, so if you sign up but are subsequently unable to attend, email connect@dapaanz.org.nz as soon as possible so that your place can be offered to someone on the waitlist.